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I have always been fascinated by marine life, especially sharks, so I was pleased to see footage of the recently discovered huge twenty foot white shark. Many people don’t know that most species of sharks are not interested in eating people but they sometimes take exploratory bites and then spit the person out. Clyde was amazed that in the footage people were swimming rather near the shark.

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Well, I have learned to be more careful with commissions with letters. I thought the garage that was also owned by the Roanoke family that owned the store I made a painting of was named after them. In the photograph I could just make out 9th Street Garage but I thought that was the name it is today.

Whoops! Oh well, I covered over their name and corrected the sign. The painting would be gone if it were not for that error. Live and learn! Next time I will make sure I have it right before I do brush lettering which is very hard especially on such a small scale. Anyway, I am looking forward to starting some new paintings!

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As I have mentioned before Clyde read the encyclopedias when he was young and I don’t think he has forgotten much if any of what he read so when two people were talking about moon shine on TV he was, of course, correcting them. Here is how the conversation went.

TV moderators – Most people do not know that moon shine originated in Pennsylvania!

Clyde – Scotland.

After a number of other comments one of the moderators asked this. What I want to know is how do you drink moon shine?

Clyde’s exasperated response – Shove it up your nostrils. How do you think you drink it?

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Not in the best mood today. Usually Mondays are like any other day to me since I haven’t figured out how to stop working all the time. I can’t even watch TV without doing something with my hands. I don’t really care much about my nails but the cuticles sure do want to cover them so I usually try pushing them back and I always do my home yoga to TV.

Anyway, it sure is bleak and cold out there and I have too much to do. I finished my current commission and will put it in the frame when it is completely dry so that is something to cheer about but I can’t seem to get a cheer going to day. Oh well, complaining never gets any one any where. Someone will always complain louder so I need to cheer up and get back to work.

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We are waiting for the snow to fall and I am trying to get a lot of work done. I keep saying I will put on my boots and walk in it like I did when I was young. In so many ways I never grew up and I like it that way. I have been a responsible adult but I still love all the things I loved when I was a kid. I keep getting under the pile so I don’t do all those things but I will get out there this time! I have always said if we have to have winter then we need some snow. It is beautiful!

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Well, we finally got Clyde’s phone set up. We waited so long tracfone sent us a message asking us to reconnect and get bonus minutes. His phone is just like mine but because of the identification system on his email we had problems getting through the instructions. Anyway, Clyde has some choice comments to make about it.

I left the room and heard a very loud yell. It had slipped out of his pocket and took a nasty fall. Fortunately, it was not damaged. Yesterday we were watching a movie that had a cell phone noise go off during a scene.

Clyde said the sound of a cell phone makes him want to put up his dukes and fight. He really hates cell phones but like I said in another blog, those birds on Rocky Knob are not going to call me. He must have a phone, like it or not.

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Well, I made it to Yoga and Line Dance and now I am back in the new “Smoking” position in front of the computer. I don’t smoke but I have heard that sitting is the new smoking. That is kind of a weird phrase. I don’t think sitting here will give me cancer but it sure isn’t good for my muscles. I do think the radiation is a problem if people are right up against the screen.

I have read that everyone should be 19″ away from the screen and I am about two feet. I am definitely a low risk person. The only way I would jump out of a plane is if someone pushed me to save my life. I stay away from planes as much as possible.

Tomorrow I will put the finishing touches on my current commission. I think it turned out well and the patron is very happy!

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I don’t usually write a to do list. I try to keep it all in my head but yesterday I did write one. If I have an appointment I have to hang a note from the entrance to the kitchen so I see if every time I go in there which is quite often. If I don’t do that I will miss appointments.

I sent a file of my latest commission to the patron and he said he loved it! Commissions are tricky but I have had great success with them. I still have to work on the lettering and some fine tuning. Check it out below!

Anyway, I have quite a Monday list so I had better get to everything. Cheers on a grueling Monday!

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I stay out of conversations on politics, especially these days. The country is so divided on how well the present administration is handling things that I would rather not get into an argument. I am not giving my opinion on Trump here but I did see a very funny comment on Facebook about the wall. I don’t mean to offend anyone.

The comment was that most immigrants enter the country on airplanes. Don’t tell Trump. He will want to build a roof.

I mentioned that to Clyde and he said he didn’t believe the immigrants were hitching rides on airplanes. They would have to have the money for it. Anyway, I thought it was a fun joke!

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I am so pleased to sell a wall art print of Mabry Mill in Fall to a great Texas patron! This is one of my favorite fall paintings of this beautiful sight in The Meadows of Dan. Tourists stream to this old mill all the time. When we visited it there were people all over the beautiful grounds. It is one of the most popular attractions on The Blue Ridge Parkway! If you are ever in Virginia be sure to check it out!

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Clyde and I have been catching up on the great TV sitcom Married with Children. I was too busy to watch TV when it was on and didn’t know what a hilarious show it is! The actors are terrific and the writers are fantastic!

The humor, especially the barbs that come out of Al’s mouth, are so like Clyde’s humor that I accused him of writing it and hiding the money in a Swiss bank account.

Yeah, and look at those pigs flying by the window and don’t wait for me while I take a very expensive cruise around the world.